Karur stampede: Madras high court quashes govt jobs for victims' kin, says employment must be earned

MADURAI: In a sharp rebuke to the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam-led govt's orders giving govt jobs to 31 family members of the people killed at a TVK meeting in Karur, Madras high court on Monday quashed the employment orders saying public employment is not to be thrown away as largesse by the state.

Forty-one people were killed and more than 100 others were injured while C Joseph Vijay was addressing the Karur meeting on Sept 27, 2025.